When it comes to college football, it’s never too early to debate who is best. Fans will argue about who has the best-looking uniforms, which tailgate has the tastiest pregame barbeque and they especially love to verbally spar over which school is bringing in the best recruits.

In that case, it’s about 50 weeks until national signing day 2014, and Texas A&M and Texas are clearly out in front of the rest of the country. Either Lone Star State power could be considered No. 1 program at this stage.

Folks, we’re not talking about these schools having one recruit, maybe two—the Longhorns have eight and the Aggies seven. That’s somewhere in the ballpark of already being a quarter to a third of the way done with the class. Here’s a look at five schools that are ahead of the game.

1. Texas A&M (7 commitments): The Aggies have become the flavor of the month, or is it decade? We don’t know yet. Just three short years ago, Texas A&M couldn’t beat out the Longhorns for any recruit of note. Now, they do it frequently. But keep in mind, Texas is also off to a great start. This will get back to being a nice recruiting rivalry this year. The Aggies’ pickup of linebacker Hoza Scott is impressive—he is arguably the top committed prospect in the country.

2. Texas (8): Again, the top two spots could be interchangeable, as the Longhorns have eight quality kids already on board with more than 11 months to go. Considering Texas purposely signed a small 2013 class a few weeks ago, a strong rebound numbers wise in 2014 is expected. Offensive lineman Demetrius Knox and running back Daniel Gresham are from the same high school in Fort Worth, Texas, and they spoke to Sporting News last week about why they committed so early, and the goal is clear—rebuild prominence for the program.

3. Florida State (7): RB Joseph Yearby out of South Florida is an outstanding pickup, and this class is solid already. The Seminoles are stocking up at the skill positions and they’re putting a lot of distance between themselves and ACC in-state rival Miami. They’re also arguably beating out Florida, too. Of course, it is early and the Seminoles have started hot several times under coach Jimbo Fisher.

4. Florida (6): In this past signing class, the Gators stocked up on defense again. This year, the Gators are focused on bringing in offensive talent, starting with early QB commitment Will Grier out of Charlotte, N.C. Grier threw for 837 yards and 10 touchdowns in a game last year, and before anybody thinks it was a blowout where his team ran up the score, think again: it was a state playoff game. He already has one highly ranked receiver coming in, and two linemen on board. Last weekend, the Gators hauled in three recruits in one day.

5. LSU (4): Quality is the name of the game for the Tigers. Defensive back Devin Voorhies was offered by LSU in June, right after his sophomore year. He eventually accepted the offer and is clearly the top prospect in the group. Add in that LSU is probably the leader for consensus five-star DB Tony Brown out of Beaumont, Texas, and one can see that this group is sizing up nicely.